Information About Desirée - Pontefract tutor -

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Spanish

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Primary

£20.00

£19.00

Secondary

£20.00

£19.00

GCSE

£20.00

£19.00

A-Level

£20.00

£19.00

University

£20.00

£19.00

Casual Learner

£20.00

£19.00

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Personal Description:

I'm a native Spanish and Catalan teacher from Barcelona and I'm 32 years old. I moved to Leeds in 2013 but now I'm living in Darrington (Pontefract) and I love Yorkshire.
I'm an experienced teacher with large academic qualification. My first degree was Humanities in the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, but I also studied subjects of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature (Literary Studies) in the University of Barcelona.
After finishing Humanities I decided to become teacher and I obtained the Certificate in Pedagogical Aptitude to teach in Secondary Schools.
Currently, I have got specific education updated in Spanish teaching after many studies, workshops and the online Master's degree in Spanish Teaching as a Foreign Language through the University of Barcelona, which I finished this year. After moving to UK I gained the Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in September of 2013.
I'm organised, responsible, reliable, honest and as committed to my learners as to my work.

Tutoring Experience:

I started my teaching experience as private tutor in 2002, either as freelance as in company, helping primary and secondary students with Spanish, Catalan, English, literature, history, philosophy, Latin and geography.
Since 2011 I have been teaching English, Spanish and Catalan as foreign languages to pupils, young and adult learners, even for business.
After coming to the UK, I started tutoring GCSE, A-level students and adult learners. Also, I was volunteering from April to July in 2014 at the secondary school St. John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, where later I started working as I'm Spanish Learning Mentor in 2014 and from 2016 as Spanish and French Teacher.

Tutoring Approach:

I always strongly focus the classes on the language needs of the student. My main effort for starting teaching/learning, is to assess together the acquired knowledge and skills as knowing the role of the learner in the learning process. After this, it allows me to adapt and prepare lesson plans.
My main objective is enhance the abilities, encourage the interest, and at the end enable the student to control the process independently, think about it, be aware of the achievements and go on to reach specific objectives that we have agreed.
I always teach motivating and enthusing the student towards sense and consciousness of the language. That's why I consider necessary keep communication and agreeing the best ways and purposes to reach an outstanding and successful learning.

Desirée's Feedback

DesiréeFrom Andrew (5/5): (Beginner Catalan)Desiree is an enthusiastic but patient teacher who is flexible enough to shape her lessons to your needs .

DesiréeFrom David (5/5): (Advanced Spanish)Desiree has been really helpful to my daughter and me. Very friendly and able to suit lessons to our needs.

DesiréeFrom John (5/5): (Advanced Spanish)Desiree has proved to be an excellent choice for our daughters tuition. She has really helped her progression and understanding of the subject. Punctual, thorough and positive. I would recommend Desiree to anyone who needs a good tutor.

Reply from Desirée: I really enjoy helping Amelia. A great student. She is always willing to learn more, as she is keen to work out the answer to new challenges and ways to improve her knowledge.
She is engaged with the subject, very interested in it and focus on the tasks and exercises. Asks for advice and pays attention to the explanations.

DesiréeFrom Nidhi (5/5): (GCSE Spanish)She knew exactly what the student required as was able to notice her weaknesses and work with her on improving them straightaway. The homework she set was also very productive.

Reply from Desirée: Thanks. I enjoyed tutoring and helping Nidhi. She was always showing interest in learning the language. She struggled with some grammar issues, but she liked to learn new things and work independently. So she improved her spanish for the GCSE.
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DesiréeFrom Suzanne (5/5): (A-Level Spanish)We are delighted with the assistance received from Desiree. She is punctual and reliable for regular sessions and has been very willing to offer additional sessions in the run up to exams. Highly recommended

Reply from Desirée: I am glad to help Elizabeth. She is a very good learner, interested in her subjects, has improved his knowledge and skills.
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DesiréeFrom Anwar (5/5): (GCSE Spanish)Very good time keeping,friendly and knows her stuff thanks